Word: take
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...tall beside the flag bearer stands Captain Barker, wearing seven decorations, including the D. S. O. Last week in Andover the Captain's former valet, one Wrigley, exclaimed incredulously: "Why the Captain always left his razors and soap-filled brush for me to put away. And I used to take his boy for walks! A little tyke he was, and always talking about his daddy's exploits. I'm fair astonished! Blown, as you might say. How could anyone who wasn't at Mons know all the Captain knows about...
Vera Cruz Falls. The great oil port of Mexico was captured, early in the week, and then lost to federal troops by General Jesus Maria Aguirre, who fled toward Yucatan. At Pennsylvania Military Academy, Chester, Pa., U. S. A., Cadet Leon Aguirre, doughty general's son, said: "Father can take care of himself. He is an experienced campaigner...
...Federal Reserve Board, said Mr. Warburg (in the course of his annual report to International Acceptance Stockholders) has lost control of the money situation by failure to take decisive action before inflation reached its present strength...
...from banks, and as long as corporations can lend out their surpluses at up to 12% call money rates, the banks generally maintain that there is no way of keeping money out of Wall St. Mr. Warburg's statement did not much annoy the speculators, who were inclined to take it as an admission that they controlled the situation, however deplorable such control might be from Mr. Warburg's standpoint...
...said to be connected. So little has the Childs Co. remained the child of Childs, that sentimental Brother William appeared to own less than 3% of its stock. Nevertheless he said, on quitting: "This is the child of my efforts .... You cannot tell what will happen when you take this child away...